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611: 52: 657: 504: 537: 60: 33: 44: 77: 382:, Cambridge: D.S. Brewer, 1978–. Vol. 1. Printed Books, Vol.2.i. Ballads, Catalogue, Vol.2.ii. Ballads, Indexes, Vol. 3.i, Prints and Drawings : General, Vol.3.ii, Portraits, Vol. 4, Music, Maps and Calligraphy, Vol. 5.i, Medieval Manuscripts, Vol. 5.ii, Modern Manuscripts, Vol. 6, Bindings, Vol. 7.i-ii, Facsimile, Supplementary Series I, Census. 376:) pt. 1. "Sea manuscripts, by Dr. J. R. Tanner. – pt. 2. General introduction, by F. Sidgwick, and Early printed books to 1558, by E. Gordon Duff. – pt. 3. Mediaeval manuscripts, by Dr. M. R. James. – pt. 4. Shorthand books, with biographical and bibliographical notes, by W. J. Carlton. 120:
and carefully nurtured his large collection of books, manuscripts, and prints. At his death, there were more than 3,000 volumes, including the diary, all carefully catalogued and indexed; they form one of the most important surviving 17th-century private
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and his elaborate instructions that placement of the books "... be strictly reviewed and, where found requiring it, more nicely adjusted". Under the terms of the bequest, none of the books may be sold, and no additional ones may be added to the library.
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Pepys made detailed provisions in his will for the preservation of his book collection, and when his nephew and heir, John Jackson, died in 1723, it was transferred intact to Magdalene. The bequest included all the original
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The library is housed in a room on the first floor of the Pepys Building in the second court of the college. It contains 3,000 books preserved in Pepys's own bookcases for them (perhaps those his journal attributes to
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The library is usually open to the public in the afternoons from Monday to Saturday. It is best to consult the Magdalene College website for current times.
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The Pepys Building is the principal ornament of the College and of considerable architectural interest. The plainer rear is of brick while the front is
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which records the date of arrival of the library; above it are painted Pepys's coat of arms and his motto
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Construction was slow for want of money, but the project was revived after advice was sought from
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Naval records compiled by Pepys when he was Secretary to the Admiralty, including two of the "
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The most important items in the Library are the six original bound manuscripts of
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The Pepys Library: And the Historic Collections of Magdalene College Cambridge
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in 1677. Samuel Pepys made three subscriptions to the building fund.
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The Library is housed on the first floor of the Pepys Building of
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which he bequeathed to the college following his death in 1703.
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A selection of the most interesting volumes are on display.
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On the front of the building is the painted inscription
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but there are other remarkable holdings, including:
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Pepysian Library

Magdalene College, Cambridge



Mary Rose
Anthony Roll

Charles Knight
Magdalene College, Cambridge
library
Samuel Pepys
bibliophile
libraries
bookcases
Sympson the Joiner
Pepys's diary
Anthony Rolls
Mary Rose
Isaac Newton
Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica
Incunabula
William Caxton
Wynkyn de Worde
Richard Pynson
Pepys Manuscript
choirbook
Sir Francis Drake
almanac

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